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Raise your hand if you haven’t treated a patient with disc pain.

Prescription drugs can provide welcome relief for patients with chronic pain—but there is a dark side. Powerful opiates can be addictive and can even result in death; in fact, on average 46 Americans die every day from prescription painkiller overuse. The Foundation for Chiropractic Progress is taking a stand to help educate the public on chiropractic, a drug-free treatment choice that can help slow the epidemic of painkiller overuse.

One specific tendon injury where low-level laser therapy has been found to be a successful treatment is tendinopathy. ChiroEco.com’s Dava Stewart reviews the differences among various tendon injuries and the role of LLLT in treatment.

A new study has found that people with back-related leg pain can receive more relief when chiropractic care is combined with exercise and advice, compared to exercise and advice alone. Shereen Lehman of Reuters explains in this story that ran in the Chicago Tribune.

Do you live in Minnesota or Kansas? Then guess what? You’re more likely to use a chiropractor. That’s the finding from a recent report issued by the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. The information is helpful in identifying areas where chiropractic care may be less accessible as chiropractors look to establish their practices.

Superman had his Kryptonite. In the same way, chiropractors can face certain challenges that sap their practice strength, sometimes leading to failure. ChiroEco.com’s Dr. Drew Stephens provides some practical advice for practitioners who want to grow into a super practice.

The use of instrument-assisted soft-tissue mobilization (IASTM) is on the rise among health care practitioners, particularly doctors of chiropractic (DCs). ACA News spoke with experts in IASTM to discover the benefits—both for patients and for DCs—of using the instruments.

By now, most of you are aware of the article recently published by Forbes magazine in which the author, Steven Salzberg, argues that nearly $500 million per year is "wasted on chiropractors." Dynamic Chiropractic offers a thoughtful and helpful guide to advise how chiropractors can respond—not defend or attack—when media chooses to criticize the profession.

Soft tissue dysfunction can be a frustrating problem that keeps athletes from playing their chosen sport or maintaining their training regimens.

When patients present with pain or other debilitation, it’s easy to turn to the tried and true remedies for answers. But what if these don’t work? While literature and best practice tend to deliver the right answers, not every patient sees a benefit. This is where personalized medicine steps in. Vitality Academy recently looked into the research combining shockwave therapy with low-level laser therapy and developed a case study showcasing their results.